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Research Interests

 

Psychology of whistleblowing, ethical decision making, organizational culture, moral character, constructive deviance

 

Education                Rutgers Business School, Newark, New Jersey

Ph.D. in Organization Management,                                                       Fall 2016 - Summer 2022

• CGPA: 3.93/4
• Dissertation Committee: Danielle E. Warren (Chair), Chao C. Chen, Tobey Scharding, Miguel Alzola

Thesis Title: The Competing Virtues of Loyalty and Courage: When Ethical Climate Does Not Lead to Whistleblowing

Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey

M.B.A., Business Administration,                                                                Fall 2013 - Spring 2016

• Advisors: Pinar Acar and M. Sinan Gonul

Thesis Title: Determinants of Organizational Citizenship and Counterproductive Work Behavior: The Role of Personality, Job Characteristics, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment

Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

B.S., Industrial Engineering,                                                                          Fall 2009 - Spring 2013

 

 

Work Experience

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publications

 

Sabanci Business School, Istanbul, Turkey

Assistant Professor of Management                                                                   Fall 2022 - Present

Rutgers Business School, Newark, New Jersey

• Instructor - Ethics in Business                                                               Spring 2020 - Spring 2022 Spring 2021 Teaching evaluation: 4.53 (instructor effectiveness); 4.24 (course quality)
• Behavioral Lab Coordinator                                                              Fall 2018 - Spring 2021
• Teaching Assistant                                                                                Fall 2018 - Spring 2020

Ethics in Business (undergraduate), Marketing Management (MBA)

METU Department of Business Administration, Ankara, Turkey

Research & Teaching Assistant                                                                 Fall 2013 - Spring 2016 Courses Assisted: Management Science, Organizational Behavior, Decision Analysis: Behavioral and Psychological Perspective, Decision Analysis: Tools and Methods, Strategic Management, Operations Management.

ARTiCLES

• Arkan, O., Nagpal, M., Scharding, T. & Warren, D. E. 2022. Don’t Just Trust Your Gut: The Importance of Normative Deliberation to Ethical Decision-Making at Work. Journal of Business Ethics.
• Arkan, O. & Acar, P. 2020. Understanding Organizational Deviance: An Interactive Model of Perceived Job Characteristics and Personality. METU Studies in Development, 47(1), 1-28.

BOOK REViEWS

• Arkan, O. 2020. Whistleblowing: Toward a New Theory, by Kate Kenny. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2019. 296 pp. Business Ethics Quarterly, 30(4), 603-607.

 

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Conference Presentations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research in Progress

 

 

• Warren, D. E. & Arkan, O. Navigating moral ambiguity: Locating a moral compass at work. In Loo, C. & Smith-Crowe, K. (Chairs) Moral Ambiguity in the Workplace. Symposium presented at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, August 2023.

• Alzola, M. & Arkan, O. Whistleblowing in the Catholic Church: The Role of Wrongdoing Characteristics and Ethical Climate. Paper presented at the Taking Responsibility Initiative Conference, Fordham University, April 2022.

• Warren, D. E. & Arkan, O. How to reduce unethical behavior and promote voice: The role of moral ownership and perspective-taking. In Gaspar, J. & Warren, D. E. (Chairs) Behavioral Ethics: Challenging Fundamental Assumptions and Insight in the Field. Symposium presented at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, Virtual, August 2021.
• Alzola, M. & Arkan, O. Whistleblowing in the Catholic Church: The Role of Wrongdoing Characteristics and Ethical Climate. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, Virtual, August 2021.
• Arkan, O. & Alzola, M. (Panel Organizers) To Blow or Not to Blow: Normative Approaches to Whistleblowing. Presented at The Society for Business Ethics Annual Conference, Virtual, July 2021.
• Warren, D. E., Arkan, O., Scharding, T., & Nagpal, M. Don’t trust your gut: the importance of normative deliberation to ethical decision making at work. Paper presented at the ComplianceNet Annual Conference, Virtual, June 2021.
• Arkan, O. The Competing Virtues of Loyalty and Courage: When Ethical Climate Does Not Lead to Whistleblowing. Paper presented at the International Association for Business and Society Annual Conference, Virtual, June 2021.
• Arkan, O. When does an ethical climate lead to silence? The role of moral character in predicting employee whistleblowing. Paper presented at the Society for Business Ethics Annual Conference, Virtual, August 2020.
• Arkan, O. Psychology of Whistleblowing. Poster presented at the Society for Business Ethics Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, August 2019.
• Scharding, T., Nagpal, M., Arkan, O. & Warren, D. E. An empirical test of the intersubjective reflection process on ethical decision making. In Gaspar, J. & Warren, D. E. (Chairs) Theoretical and empirical insights into ethical decision: The role of social context. Symposium presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, August 2019.
• Acar, P. & Arkan, O. The Relation between Employee Impostor Feelings, Organizational Identification, and Counter-Productive Work Behaviors. Paper presented at the Meeting of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Dublin, Ireland, May 2017.

 

• Alzola, M. & Arkan, O., Whistleblowing in the Catholic Church: The Role of Wrongdoing Characteristics and Ethical Climate, selected as one of the papers awarded the Taking Responsibility Initiative grant from the Fordham University, target journal Business Ethics Quarterly.
• Warren, D. E. & Arkan, O., Promoting Effective Whistleblowing: The Role of Financial Incentives and Whistleblowing Retaliation.
• Arkan, O., Preserving the image of the ethical organization: Impression management and whistleblowing.
• Warren, D. E. & Arkan, O., How to reduce unethical behavior and promote voice: The role of moral ownership and perspective-taking.

 

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Awards & Grants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professional Affiliations

 

• Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics Workshop on Teaching Professional Business Ethics - 2021
• Bentley Business Ethics Teaching Workshop and Symposium - 2019
• Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 2023 Bright Idea Award, NJCBAA New Jersey Collegiate Business Administration Association
• The Rutgers Advanced Institute for the Study of Entrepreneurship and Development Summer Research Scholarship, Rutgers Business School, 2021
• Taking Responsibility Initiative Grant, Fordham University, 2020
• Society for Business Ethics Emerging Scholar, 2020
• Institute for Ethical Leadership Summer Research Scholarship, Rutgers Business School, 2020
• Rutgers Business School Dean’s Competition for Summer Ph.D. Research Assistants Award, 2019
• Rutgers Newark Graduate Dean’s Award, 2018, 2019
• Rutgers Business School Dean’s Fellowship, 2018 - 2020
• J. William Fulbright Scholarship, Fulbright Commission, 2016 - 2018

 

• Academy of Management, Social Issues in Management (SIM) and Organizational Behavior Divisions
• Society for Business Ethics
• Academy of Management, Organizational Behavior Doctoral Consortium Fellow
• International Association for Business & Society, Doctoral Consortium Fellow

 

Languages               Turkish (Native), English (Fluent), Spanish (Beginner), German (Beginner)

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